Shelley McKellar, Ph.D. is
the Jason Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine at the University of Western
Ontario. She studies the history of medicine and disease, with a special
interest in the history of medical technology, the history of surgery, and
medical biography. Professor McKellar received a Ph.D. in History at the
University of Toronto, under the noted medical historian Michael Bliss. In
2003, she published Surgical Limits: The Life of Gordon Murray, a
biography of the Toronto heart surgeon. Her book on medical devices, Medicine
and
Technology in Canada, 1900-1950 was published in 2008. She is currently
working on book projects related to artificial heart technology and disease
screening. At the University of Western Ontario, Professor McKellar teaches
history of medicine courses and curates the university’s Medical Artifact
Collection.

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